@@thatguynamedgeorge9218 Would have been amazing to see, yeah. Unfortunately during the time Razer was in Robot Wars: projectiles and chemical weapons like flamethrowers weren't allowed for Challenger Robots as they were deemed too unpredictable and hazardous. The only one we really saw during those early seasons was the flamethrower on Sgt. Bash, and even then it was rife with malfunctions.
This is why I loved the old robot wars. Anyone who went up against the house robots wasn't banned, or suffered punishment. Everyone was fair game, if you went up against a house robot too, was seen as a good laugh
Yeah, they shouldn't get banned for that, just have all the house robots turn on them. You pick the fight, you deal with the consequences. I guess they're worried about the really powerful robots doing some permanent damage to the house robots.
@@duskyrc1373 thats some bs, i started designing a robot with the sole goal of picking fights with the house robots regardless if i won or loose the fight against the other player, and now i that plan is gone to waste,.. thanks for the heads up, saved me time and money from building the robot i had planned.
@@eageraurora879 its not been canceled lol, just look up their youtube channel. and one dont need a degree to build a robot lol, i grew up on and around farms so i know mechanics including welding, and been building wireless controlled model planes and cars since childhood, so making a robot as seen in robot wars is relatively easy, its just a oversized remote controlled model car with armor and some sort of weapon. Now coming up with a new design thats both unique and not boring and can go toe to toe with a house robot is a bit more challenging
@@Sonikgav Searching by Hypno-Disc's bout history, it never did get to fight Razor unfortunately. It fought a Raizerblade bot, which it won. Closest in name, farthest in the type of fight.
yeah im suprised it never became a house robot. imagine a bigger, stronger and faster version of Razer, like the size of sir killalot. it would be great
@@Ge0rdieDan_ i mean, thats essentially instakill if it gets a robot, through the armor and the inside electrics would be massacred, i know the house robots are supposed to be overpowered but having something that can instantly end a champion robot is a bit too powerful in their eyes, probably why they didn't use that idea, though it would be awesome
Behold, an unthinkable future: You spend every second of your spare time, energy, and income developing, building, and testing your precious little murder bot. Your opponent enters the arena. It's an armored ogre with a giant scythe on a hydraulic press. The match starts, and this great beast charges forward at lightning speed, instantly puncturing the sensitive electronics and fuel supplies, cutting through your metal baby's armor like paper. It releases your bot and backs off. You get to work testing out your systems and hoping maybe one of your built in redundancies will get you operational again. You just hope the demon scythe will assume you're finished and leave you alone long enough to get moving again. You glance up and your opponent seems to be picking a fight with the house enforcer bots, specifically designed to completely out-class the competition fighters. Good, that should buy you some time. Best case your opponent gets himself damaged or killed. You look up again a few seconds later. The house bot is in flames. The demon scythe has now locked its gaze on your creation. Not because it was a threat. But because it was left.
it's truly an honor bot, too bad it's lost it's fair share, it's great against most, but usually the finals proves it's downfall and should it get flipped, it's in for it
yeah as Chaos 2 was no slouch either that flipper was very strong and effective good enough to toss most bots out of the arena. Razer got a bit lucky in that it managed to pin Chaos 2 agains tthe wall an dattack it's back because reall ythat was Chaos 2's only vulnerable spot
The best bit was for the rest of that episode and a couple of future episodes Matilda was featured with bandaged around her rear and no chainsaw till she got the disk saw xD
Razer kept going for Matila in several of the fights because they'd actually been given permission to. They planned to upgrade Matilda anyway, so thought it was fair to give Razer a crack at her. Also why the other House Robots didn't save her.
Damn pussycat got in the way with that lucky hit on the wheel. I think hypnodisc had the edge on razer though. Faster. So he can kite around to get the disc going. Would depend on driving.
@@nfsfanAndrew Hypnodisc's biggest weakness was the exposed wheels. If only the had a sheet to cover them, then they would've won. Pussycat always lost points on control and the Hypnodisc crew always cared more for the self-righting element since they lost the final to Chaos 2.
Hypnodisc would have won easily, the 1 danger Razer always had was a horizontal spinner, Hypnodisc would have been able to ride the front scoop (similar to how they did stealth) into the connective joint of the beak probably snapping it in 2. The only way Razer would win would be to get a grip on the disc before it spun up to speed, which would be incredibly unlikely
@@thegrimmcommoner2203 Probably worse, they went after the wheels on Ming if i remember right. Tbh I doubt the side of Razor would hold up to the disc anyway but the front slope of Razor is much shallower making it more possible to drive up & there is no way the beak would hold up if it was hit even remotely by a horizontal spinner. I think that was part of the reason why in the reboot they basically just drove it straight in to the pit, they were there for nostalgia but as all the modern robots are horizontal spinners & would just cut the beak in half
Razor deserves a reincarnation and upgrade as a house bot if they ever reboot this, he earned the title and rank and can definatly dish out the pain like a house bot
Absolute destruction was never the purpose of the House Robots. They were a minor hazard to be avoided, not something to upstage the competitors. If anything, their role was more to ensure safety in the arena by pitting or manoeuvring trapped, dangerous or out-of-control robots.
@@mainomai Specifically bar spinners. They were fun at first (in the revival), but it go very samey quickly. If Robot wars comes back they need to do something about bar spinners.
@@spartancam-rs5ru yeah, Carbide and Tombstone both were so OP. That two wheel flippable design with a spinning bar seems to be the most effective design of them all, and though they're fun to watch it's a bit unoriginal, bots like Razor were so cool because they were unique.
@GD Magic Gaming Not quite, you put too much stress if it’s a vertical spinner. Chain is much more likely to snap when it gets stuck as the motor can put undue stress on the chain, and with four wheels, if you lose a front wheel, your steering goes to shit and you have much less traction. A horizontal, two wheeled spinner is generally a lot deadlier, and allows for more work to be put on the weapon than the wheels. A vertical spinner is just a different looking flipper tat the end of the day. Carbide and Tombstone were lauded as some of the most powerful, If not *the* most powerful spinner bots to be created. They can slam their opponents away with a good shot while doing major damage to the armour, because even a glancing blow could do some major internal damage.
Carbide also. Whenever it was in play, they would only use Sir Killalot and Shunt because they were the toughest. And they would try their best to avoid making contact with it.
Against all the evil that hell can conjure, all the wickedness that mankind can produce, we will send unto them only you. Rip and tear, until it is done.
@@XxmatixX6videosdiariosdenadav It was before the showrunners started bullying teams with uncompetitive robots, so the team of the bug was just there to have fun.
I'm STILL salty over Tornado winning on a judge decision in the grand finals against Razer, despite being fully suspended over the pit by their anti-Razer modifications. Razer won that fight fair and square, it reeked of setup to me.
yep, even to this day, I've never been happy with Tornado, even though they're a very local team to me, Tornado's modification shouldn't have been allowed and the victory should easily have gone to Razer
I don't know why you're expressing frustration about that here when it's not included in this video. But I will say that describing your feelings as salty is selling yourself a bit short when you have a perfectly good reason to hate that outcome.
Fun fact for those of you who don't know: Raze, is to utterly destroy. By spelling the name Razer and not Razor it goes from sharp thin disposable blade, to annihilation incarnate.
Razer was probably the best designed robot on the series. Amazing looks, great functionality and an amazing main weapon. It's only downfall was it's reliability.
What a terrifying machine... and what makes him so terrifying isn't just the power of his weapon, it's the way the bot [moves]. The beak doesn't stab downward quickly, it squeezes downward like a slow-moving vise. And when it rights itself, it doesn't pop up comically: it slowly rights itself, moving methodically, always in control. Like Michael Meyers sitting up. A true slasher villain among combat robots.
That bug was brainless. "How about this idea for a robot-fighting robot: Instead of one body, what if we made two that were stuck together so it moves like a bug" "What about offensive capabilities?" "Huh?"
In the early series, a lot of unarmed wedges advanced surprisingly far, and even won, simply by avoiding attacks and waiting for the other robot to break down. I guess they were thinking of the same thing, but too late.
Early on in the show a lot of people were just kids and people having a laugh making fun robots and smashing them up, it wasn’t until later on when people started taking it really really seriously and making really expensive CnC disc robots or rolling robots became the meta
Ah, memory lane. My engineering family used to watch this and discuss and analzye and brainstorm ways to take down this monster. As an adult rewatching I absolutely love how all combatants went in being good sports about whatever happened. They wanted to see how their machine would be destroyed, and there wasn't any toxicity between teams. What a rarity and lost mindset to today's sports and competitions.
@@Leatherface123. i under stand these words in a normal sense when accompanied with robots i have no idea lol i dont follow robot fighting just the occasional late night comp binge
Honestly he must be the best driver of all time, watching him pull those wheels off the bug has me convinced. That's not easy stuff to do from that booth
Razor was always my favourite. Took on a house robot and won. The power it had and the ease it could pierce other robots armour was astounding. At the same time I always loved chaos 2.
I suppose it's like a gladiator fight, you like the action, yes, but when one is dominating you may end up wanting to see a beautiful execution to finish the opposition
Everything good comes to an end, and we all know it. It's best to scream, shout, and cheer until you cannot anymore. That's how you truly enjoy something
Razer shredding up and setting Matilda on fire was staged to give them an excuse to build a new Matilda with a KE disk in the back rather than the ineffectual chainsaw.
Is that why they seemed to be sparing Onslaught in the actual fight? Pearce mentioned the seeming lack of power in the weapon then, so presumably they had to save power and could do so. Didn't know the weapon worked like that if indeed it does, I know flippers have that kind of thing with the CO2 supply...
I first saw Robot Wars in the states during a summer camp where the counselors loved putting on VHS recordings during lunch. Been a huge fan of Razer ever since!
@@SleepLessThan3 BattleBots, not Robot Wars. But I do think Chris should've specified his four picks as Robot Wars' four best combatants to make it clear that he was only referring to that show. Personally, I'd describe Chaos 2, Hypno-Disc, Razer and Carbide as the Mount Rushmore of Robot Wars.
Chaos 2: "I am the greatest champion of Robot Wars! My CO2 powered flipper are unparalleled! Razer: "Me and my beak are about to end this man's whole career."
Such sweet memories... this has been my all time favourite robot in the show history! Thought nowadays bots are getting incredible. This back in this time you had things like big wheelie cheese that can launch your bot out of stage, it was extremized to do so. Now you have the same lifting power in much better armored, smaller package. I'd say total control is the spiritual successor to razer.
I like how the first 3 fights you could see the rivalry building between Razer and Matilda, the little nibble from Razer in the first fight, the retaliation from Matilda in the next fight, which then leads to the all out destruction of Matilda. Notice how she stayed as far away as possible after that battle?!
The teams would often handshake not to badly damage the other if they were immobilized. Razer however, was a very aggressive robot and didn't like this chivalry one bit, unfortunately for the House Robots...
Crushing force of a powerful weapon Great winged blades for swift recovery when flipped Great sloped design for greater catching Large ego befitting a killer, capable of taking on the house bosses A great fighter, Razer 16:18
Forget football teams or favourite Pokémon, in the late 90's/early 00's you were either a Razer kid, a Chaos 2 kid or a Hypnodisc kid... And you could only pick 1.
Voluntary pittings, bug pulling, chicken roasting, Matilda killing - Razer at its fearsome best.
...and mullets
If they had a flamethrower at the tip they could have roasted everything from the inside out. Nothing beats reverse roasted chicken.
@@thatguynamedgeorge9218 Would have been amazing to see, yeah. Unfortunately during the time Razer was in Robot Wars: projectiles and chemical weapons like flamethrowers weren't allowed for Challenger Robots as they were deemed too unpredictable and hazardous. The only one we really saw during those early seasons was the flamethrower on Sgt. Bash, and even then it was rife with malfunctions.
And bulb boy, weasel and potato features apparently. Hahaaa!!! That fight with Widow's Revenge is still priceless!
THE AUDACITY!
Razor, gets bored with the opponent and goes for the house robots instead... fearless
This is why I loved the old robot wars. Anyone who went up against the house robots wasn't banned, or suffered punishment. Everyone was fair game, if you went up against a house robot too, was seen as a good laugh
@@RoadRunnerMeep wait they now ban peaople for attacking house robots? Thats wierd.
Yeah, they shouldn't get banned for that, just have all the house robots turn on them. You pick the fight, you deal with the consequences.
I guess they're worried about the really powerful robots doing some permanent damage to the house robots.
@@duskyrc1373 thats some bs, i started designing a robot with the sole goal of picking fights with the house robots regardless if i won or loose the fight against the other player, and now i that plan is gone to waste,..
thanks for the heads up, saved me time and money from building the robot i had planned.
@@eageraurora879 its not been canceled lol, just look up their youtube channel.
and one dont need a degree to build a robot lol, i grew up on and around farms so i know mechanics including welding, and been building wireless controlled model planes and cars since childhood, so making a robot as seen in robot wars is relatively easy, its just a oversized remote controlled model car with armor and some sort of weapon. Now coming up with a new design thats both unique and not boring and can go toe to toe with a house robot is a bit more challenging
Razor was one of the few bots that can go up against the house robots what a legacy
Did razor ever fight hypno disc? Id love to see that lol
@@sporkinstien6571 iirc Razor managed to bite into the Disc and that was that.
I've never seen a bot fight against house bots voluntarily, let alone not only win, but demolish and scrap the house bot
@@Sonikgav Searching by Hypno-Disc's bout history, it never did get to fight Razor unfortunately. It fought a Raizerblade bot, which it won. Closest in name, farthest in the type of fight.
@@justinmartinez67 I might be thinking of Razor fighting a Hypnodisc clone at some point. God knows there were enough of them.
Razer: wins
House robots: NO PLEASE
I BEG YOU!
WE'RE DEAD!
NOT IN THE FACE, PLEASE!
Wth
house robots wasnt just 1, theres 4 of them, wich means 1 of them can defeat Razer (it just my opinion)
Razer to matilda : Look at me, looktat Me , i'm the house bot Now
For me I see Matilda like the heavy from meet the pyro
@@callemtheone7925 I fear no bot, but that....thing.
*looks at Razor*
It scares me.
Razer always trying to tap Mathilda
Sorry not sorry
@@levisamom5069 - Razer went in dry! 😂
I
@@callemtheone7925
Razer was strong and deadly enough to actually be a house robot.
yeah im suprised it never became a house robot. imagine a bigger, stronger and faster version of Razer, like the size of sir killalot. it would be great
@@Ge0rdieDan_ *terrifying
@@Ge0rdieDan_ at that point it'd be something far worse than a house robot
@@theomegablade6415 Razor: the God Slayer
@@Ge0rdieDan_ i mean, thats essentially instakill if it gets a robot, through the armor and the inside electrics would be massacred, i know the house robots are supposed to be overpowered but having something that can instantly end a champion robot is a bit too powerful in their eyes, probably why they didn't use that idea, though it would be awesome
Behold, an unthinkable future:
You spend every second of your spare time, energy, and income developing, building, and testing your precious little murder bot.
Your opponent enters the arena. It's an armored ogre with a giant scythe on a hydraulic press.
The match starts, and this great beast charges forward at lightning speed, instantly puncturing the sensitive electronics and fuel supplies, cutting through your metal baby's armor like paper.
It releases your bot and backs off. You get to work testing out your systems and hoping maybe one of your built in redundancies will get you operational again. You just hope the demon scythe will assume you're finished and leave you alone long enough to get moving again.
You glance up and your opponent seems to be picking a fight with the house enforcer bots, specifically designed to completely out-class the competition fighters. Good, that should buy you some time. Best case your opponent gets himself damaged or killed.
You look up again a few seconds later. The house bot is in flames. The demon scythe has now locked its gaze on your creation.
Not because it was a threat.
But because it was left.
i love that comment
This is great
This was written by Matilda and you can't convince me otherwise.
That “bow” that Razer does after a win is the best unintentional design quip. Regal yet deadly.
Yeah I love it
it's truly an honor bot, too bad it's lost it's fair share, it's great against most, but usually the finals proves it's downfall and should it get flipped, it's in for it
T pose as well
@@theomegablade6415 I mean, the only “final” it ever lost was Series 6
@@vidj1628 true, but Razer's time is gone now sadly, but it has changed Robot Wars forever along with a few others from the same series
Imagine if razor defeated all the house robots before going for it’s actual opponent. The pure fear would be insane
they'd open the pit and drive into it.
i mean, Razor has bested Bulldozer AND Matilda (because Matilda is a must for them) at the same time
@@theomegablade6415 Bulldozer? Do you mean Shunt?
@@angelfire42682 yeah, it's hard to remember some of them, i just see a massive frontal plough and think bulldozer
As good as it is I don’t think it would stand a chance against killalot
"VS Matilda, ft Onslaught" lol
Yeah I spotted that. Couldn't stop laughing
Jonathan Pierce: "oh my, poor Matilda! Onslaught's long been *(giggles)* forgotten..."
When the house bots sensed weakness from Matilda, she's just been replaced by Razer
Razer: "I'm not locked in here with you, no... You're locked in here with me!"
Matilda: *Furiously fleeing for it's life*
You know you're dealing with a legendary robot when it's just casually destroying Chaos 2 in its first clip
Razer is Chaos2's cryptonite, the perfect robot to beat them. Likewise Hypnodisc could easily have beaten Razer but Chaos2 beat them
@@deSelb Razor is hard counter to flipper since he literally immobilise them for a huge chunk of time
@@cbbblue8348 Razor can also recover from being flipped
@@jube8835 we see that at 2:57
yeah as Chaos 2 was no slouch either that flipper was very strong and effective good enough to toss most bots out of the arena. Razer got a bit lucky in that it managed to pin Chaos 2 agains tthe wall an dattack it's back because reall ythat was Chaos 2's only vulnerable spot
Razer really pulled up on Matilda like "I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here with me!"
It's like Razer just decided
"House robot eh? CHALLENGE ACCEPTED"
He went where nobody ever went before...he went straight for the ass! Haha
"The only House Robot here is me!" - Razer
Matilda should've been retired and Razor taken her place as a house robot, immortalizing him as a legend "Challenger of titans."
Imagine razor new name as house robot would be razor the killer of titan
Razor the Titan Slayer
@@nathanzavala2861 titan cutter
A large razer with a bigger more powerful stabbah
Imagine Razor, but twice as big. That would be a scary house robot!
Matilda: *exists*
Razor: “It’s free real estate”
Razer wins*
10 seconds later
House robots : Why do we hear boss music?
4:38 "Matilda couldn't believe what she was feeling! She was in a heat of passion - no robot had ever touched her this way before."
Really Jonathan?
I mean... Razer was penetrative her rear end pretty hard :L xD
Damn sociologist and a robot wars fan, crazy world
Yes, really.
yes
Literally ate her ass. Razer was beyond its time.
Razer has earned his place as one of the deadliest bots out there with his signature move, Crunch
Other robots: I have bulletproof armor
Razer: hehe crunch go brrrr
He scrumch
I call it the hydraulic press
Gotta love how scarred matilda is by the end... Even having to replace the back weapon
Getting wrecked by Razer was the best thing to happen to Matilda. Chainsaw was pathetic, but that flywheel was some deadly shit.
The best bit was for the rest of that episode and a couple of future episodes Matilda was featured with bandaged around her rear and no chainsaw till she got the disk saw xD
Punished Matilda
Razer kept going for Matila in several of the fights because they'd actually been given permission to. They planned to upgrade Matilda anyway, so thought it was fair to give Razer a crack at her.
Also why the other House Robots didn't save her.
@@raikaria3090 Oh, that's some great background. Makes it even better!
Razor vs Hypnodisc
A battle that never happened, but it would've been one of the greatest of all time.
Damn pussycat got in the way with that lucky hit on the wheel. I think hypnodisc had the edge on razer though. Faster. So he can kite around to get the disc going. Would depend on driving.
@@nfsfanAndrew Hypnodisc's biggest weakness was the exposed wheels. If only the had a sheet to cover them, then they would've won. Pussycat always lost points on control and the Hypnodisc crew always cared more for the self-righting element since they lost the final to Chaos 2.
Hypnodisc would have won easily, the 1 danger Razer always had was a horizontal spinner, Hypnodisc would have been able to ride the front scoop (similar to how they did stealth) into the connective joint of the beak probably snapping it in 2. The only way Razer would win would be to get a grip on the disc before it spun up to speed, which would be incredibly unlikely
@@mclew1234 Are you expecting something similar to what happened to Ming 3 or more devastating?
@@thegrimmcommoner2203 Probably worse, they went after the wheels on Ming if i remember right. Tbh I doubt the side of Razor would hold up to the disc anyway but the front slope of Razor is much shallower making it more possible to drive up & there is no way the beak would hold up if it was hit even remotely by a horizontal spinner. I think that was part of the reason why in the reboot they basically just drove it straight in to the pit, they were there for nostalgia but as all the modern robots are horizontal spinners & would just cut the beak in half
Matilda: *hits Razor
Razor: You dare, *YOU DARE?!*
Razer: "This Onslaught character is boring me. Let's see if I can annihilate some other robot twice my weight."
* Annihilates a robot twice it’s weight *
Razer: Come here matilda!
Shunt: You'll have to go through me first!
Razer:.....Okay.
Razor deserves a reincarnation and upgrade as a house bot if they ever reboot this, he earned the title and rank and can definatly dish out the pain like a house bot
Modern robot wars seems to be all spinners. Whoever can get the hardest materials moving fastest wins.
Absolute destruction was never the purpose of the House Robots. They were a minor hazard to be avoided, not something to upstage the competitors. If anything, their role was more to ensure safety in the arena by pitting or manoeuvring trapped, dangerous or out-of-control robots.
@@mainomai Specifically bar spinners. They were fun at first (in the revival), but it go very samey quickly. If Robot wars comes back they need to do something about bar spinners.
I'd make Razor a wildcard, no allegiances and will turn on house robots if aggro'd
Modern 3 phase (brushless) motors combined with high power ESCs and LIPO batteries make anything that isn't a spinner pretty much obsolete.
Razer, from the first moment I saw it was my robot. It didnt matter what came after, Razer was always the GOAT.
Same here, it was so unique at the time and while powerful had its limits, Nothing like Carbide nowadays which is frankly OP as all hell
@@spartancam-rs5ru yeah, Carbide and Tombstone both were so OP. That two wheel flippable design with a spinning bar seems to be the most effective design of them all, and though they're fun to watch it's a bit unoriginal, bots like Razor were so cool because they were unique.
@GD Magic Gaming Not quite, you put too much stress if it’s a vertical spinner. Chain is much more likely to snap when it gets stuck as the motor can put undue stress on the chain, and with four wheels, if you lose a front wheel, your steering goes to shit and you have much less traction. A horizontal, two wheeled spinner is generally a lot deadlier, and allows for more work to be put on the weapon than the wheels. A vertical spinner is just a different looking flipper tat the end of the day. Carbide and Tombstone were lauded as some of the most powerful, If not *the* most powerful spinner bots to be created. They can slam their opponents away with a good shot while doing major damage to the armour, because even a glancing blow could do some major internal damage.
Back when most people cared more about their paint job than the effectiveness of their robot lol.
Robot Wars always had a more whimsical feel to it than the likes of Battlebots.
Yeah looking back, most of the robots on robot wars were trash
@@SteelShroom256 yep, comedy and entertainment over two grown men screaming every time robots slam into each other
@@Tommybotham 75% of the robots in series 1-3 were rubbish, but this was 1998-1999
@@Tommybotham there are trashbots that came back 2 or 5 years later with monsters. Sting is a prime example of this with S3.
Loved Razor, it's the only robot I've seen the house bots actively keep away from.
They also avoided getting in tangles with Hypnodisc.
@@NRGFLOGaming Good point that disc was massive and did a lot of damage.
Carbide also. Whenever it was in play, they would only use Sir Killalot and Shunt because they were the toughest. And they would try their best to avoid making contact with it.
And Tornado.
@@NRGFLOGaming yeeessss
Against all the evil that hell can conjure, all the wickedness that mankind can produce, we will send unto them only you. Rip and tear, until it is done.
Jonathan Pierce was a huge part of why this show was great for me. He was always good for getting hype, and because he was all excited so were you.
Razer completely outclassed everything that was put in front of it
true.....until pussycat arrived
Especially that bug bot
@@user-ih4vf1hh5g seriously what were they expecting with the bug
@@XxmatixX6videosdiariosdenadav It was before the showrunners started bullying teams with uncompetitive robots, so the team of the bug was just there to have fun.
Back then, yes... but it wouldnt win against those spinning drums with those exposed wheels and straight backside
I'm STILL salty over Tornado winning on a judge decision in the grand finals against Razer, despite being fully suspended over the pit by their anti-Razer modifications. Razer won that fight fair and square, it reeked of setup to me.
You're right, it was immobilised after all.
I'm so glad there's someone that still feels this way
yep, even to this day, I've never been happy with Tornado, even though they're a very local team to me, Tornado's modification shouldn't have been allowed and the victory should easily have gone to Razer
@@Noctis457 I always thought given how close it was considering the obviously unfair modifications the judges should have awarded it to razer
I don't know why you're expressing frustration about that here when it's not included in this video. But I will say that describing your feelings as salty is selling yourself a bit short when you have a perfectly good reason to hate that outcome.
Fun fact for those of you who don't know: Raze, is to utterly destroy.
By spelling the name Razer and not Razor it goes from sharp thin disposable blade, to annihilation incarnate.
or more accurately, inMETALate
@@thisnamehaschangedthanksto8185 nice lol
Matilda: *(exists)*
Razor: You're fired.
They knew what they were doing. Razer took out a house robot to make an eventual spot for itself. It was trying to immortalize itself as a house robot
The whole thing is scripted for tv lol and it worked the ratings went though the roof
@@TheTwolesslives dont think so
I can assure you the show would've been entertaining a lot more consistently if that was the case.
Razor already had the look down as well.
Best designed bot ever. It can even bow to the audience! What a legend.
Blendo
House robot: *bonk*
Razer: and i took that personally
The divorce lawyers are on the phone absolutely killed me.
Taking on the house robots even tho you know there's gonna be payback is pure style :D
Not to mention the control, damage, aggression and the absolute brass bollocks on this set of madlads
man, watching this brings back the taste of fish and chips on friday night watching TV in the 90's
good shit
Id be reminded that from anything nostalgic.
Razer was probably the best designed robot on the series. Amazing looks, great functionality and an amazing main weapon. It's only downfall was it's reliability.
I remember Razor destroying Matilda, I didn't remember that Razor tried it several times 🤣
Absolutely loved watching robot wars with my dad when I was a kid.
same
What a terrifying machine... and what makes him so terrifying isn't just the power of his weapon, it's the way the bot [moves]. The beak doesn't stab downward quickly, it squeezes downward like a slow-moving vise. And when it rights itself, it doesn't pop up comically: it slowly rights itself, moving methodically, always in control. Like Michael Meyers sitting up. A true slasher villain among combat robots.
That bug was brainless. "How about this idea for a robot-fighting robot: Instead of one body, what if we made two that were stuck together so it moves like a bug"
"What about offensive capabilities?"
"Huh?"
In the early series, a lot of unarmed wedges advanced surprisingly far, and even won, simply by avoiding attacks and waiting for the other robot to break down. I guess they were thinking of the same thing, but too late.
Depending on the house robots and arena obstacles to defeat your opponent seems... Negligent
Early on in the show a lot of people were just kids and people having a laugh making fun robots and smashing them up, it wasn’t until later on when people started taking it really really seriously and making really expensive CnC disc robots or rolling robots became the meta
wasn't there a duo robot that both had flippers? if I remember it was actually a beast too
@@garethjones4433 I've only seen CZcams clips, not sure. It'd be interesting to see an immediately serious larger version of these guys though
“I tip my hat, from one legend to another.”
Who still remembers when there was actually something worth watching on TV... those were the days.
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Oh man. I feel you dude
With Craig Charles in charge?...awoooga
Don't delude yourself, 99% of it was shit then, just like today
Ah, memory lane. My engineering family used to watch this and discuss and analzye and brainstorm ways to take down this monster.
As an adult rewatching I absolutely love how all combatants went in being good sports about whatever happened. They wanted to see how their machine would be destroyed, and there wasn't any toxicity between teams. What a rarity and lost mindset to today's sports and competitions.
Back when robots didn't cost 20k+
Your Mentality Becomes Your Reality, or What you Give out you Recieve !!
kind regards One & All
You can clearly see the fear in George Francis's driving at the start of the first battle, that always gets me.
I remember watching that moment at the time and it was when I switched to razor being my favorite robot.
There's a lot of respect on both sides. They both know they're going against a VERY dangerous opponent.
@@antonioscendrategattico2302 Afterall Chaos 2 was the robot that put an end to Hypnodiscs rampage in its first appearance.
@@Gothic7876 Only robot to win the championship twice, too. Chaos 2 was terrifying.
Razer was the perfect blend of aesthetics and efficiency. Just an absolutely beautiful battlebot, with a devastating weapon!
Years ago I got lucky and won a press pack competition and got to mess about with Razor for a couple hours
You had a godly power in your hands for a few hours
i always thought razer was one of the only non spin weapons robots to actually do damage to anything
The Judge
No Apologies
Vladiator
Vlad The Impaler
@@Leatherface123. i under stand these words in a normal sense when accompanied with robots i have no idea lol i dont follow robot fighting just the occasional late night comp binge
2:32 why is this so satisfying? One wheel reverse drive while dragging an opponent, is so good.
Was surprised to find this in recommended videos. Turns out it has just been uploaded, great footage!
It will always be one of my favourites. The design, driving and the weapon will always be badass.
Honestly he must be the best driver of all time, watching him pull those wheels off the bug has me convinced. That's not easy stuff to do from that booth
Razor was always my favourite. Took on a house robot and won. The power it had and the ease it could pierce other robots armour was astounding. At the same time I always loved chaos 2.
I remember when Chaos 2 first flipped another robot out of the arena. I was like Oh, you can just DO that?!
I remember being furious with Tornado in a grand final against Razer it added an extra 'skirt' putting it out range of Razers deadly beak.
On top of that, they won down to judge decision, despite being suspended over the pit by that frame and unable to escape.
@@jimi_jams you're absolutely correct. A poor decision from the judges and an 'interesting' interpretation of the rules from team tornado.
I had no issue with the skirt, all praise for the creativity.
The win to an immobile robot on the other hand was a terrible call.
Tornado cheated
No, you can’t stab a robot.
Razer: Hold my hydraulic knife!
How lethal that arm was on razor.. love him just going up against the house robots
Razer is that anime guy who is strong enough to do whatever he likes and go against the higher ups.
I'm always confuses why you would shout "Pit Pit Pit" because that would be the end of the destruction and end of the fun.
I suppose it's like a gladiator fight, you like the action, yes, but when one is dominating you may end up wanting to see a beautiful execution to finish the opposition
I enjoy it because it reeks of pure disrespect
Everything good comes to an end, and we all know it. It's best to scream, shout, and cheer until you cannot anymore. That's how you truly enjoy something
Chaos 2 was such an awesome machine. George Francis I believe. Razer though, hands odwn the legend of robot wars
Matilda: I fear no man. But that thing....
Razor: .....
Matilda: that thing scares me.
Razer shredding up and setting Matilda on fire was staged to give them an excuse to build a new Matilda with a KE disk in the back rather than the ineffectual chainsaw.
Is that why they seemed to be sparing Onslaught in the actual fight? Pearce mentioned the seeming lack of power in the weapon then, so presumably they had to save power and could do so. Didn't know the weapon worked like that if indeed it does, I know flippers have that kind of thing with the CO2 supply...
That's probably why the other house bots were attacking her too
That was kayfabe?? Aw man...
Razer:Hi.
Matilda:*sweats nervously
Matilda: (exists)
Razer: "And I took that personally"
I feel like Dead Metal and RAZOR had some kind of friendship or something
Secret relationship
Razer's majestic bow at victory was beautiful and fierce. So unique.
Robochicken is my favorite robot design of all time, it's hilarious!
Omg wow! My dad was the team captain!
I love how Razer pretty much gave chaos 2 to killbot as a sacrafical tribute.
Is it really a tribute when we later see it making the house robots fear it? That wasn't a tribute, it was a kind gift from the true king
Matilda got in between Razor and his kill then suffered the consequences
I first saw Robot Wars in the states during a summer camp where the counselors loved putting on VHS recordings during lunch. Been a huge fan of Razer ever since!
BBC should bring Robot Wars back, and great commentary from Craig Charles!
even carbide couldnt do anything to the house robots, Razor is so badass
Different eras, different armours and defences.
Both Razor and Hypnodisc were utter machines. You gotta be a madman to wake up one day and get the idea to build a champion murderbot.
And then we have Carbide the arena destroyer...
The 4 best robots: Carbide, Razor, Hypodisk, Chaos 2...
hypnodisk was insane
Where's tombstone at though :(
pussycat aswell
Throw firestorm in there to.
@@SleepLessThan3 BattleBots, not Robot Wars. But I do think Chris should've specified his four picks as Robot Wars' four best combatants to make it clear that he was only referring to that show. Personally, I'd describe Chaos 2, Hypno-Disc, Razer and Carbide as the Mount Rushmore of Robot Wars.
Used to love this show as a kid. Razer and Hypnodisc were my favourites. Design wise Razer was just beautiful imo.
Razor when he win: T-pose
The greatest robot ever made. It even looks sexy.
I still remember this thing after like 20 years. Impressive bot.
Razor was a phenomenal machine!!! I always used to watch Razor and find it fascinating. Always rooted for it!!
You know you're a legend when you beat chaos 2 in under a minute
Chaos 2: "I am the greatest champion of Robot Wars! My CO2 powered flipper are unparalleled!
Razer: "Me and my beak are about to end this man's whole career."
I love how Razor is just itching for any chance to fuck with the house bots. Nobody else has that kind of spice and I'm here for it.
I really want to see more unique designs like this that are actually able to destroy a house robot. Thoroughly entertaining.
Such sweet memories... this has been my all time favourite robot in the show history!
Thought nowadays bots are getting incredible.
This back in this time you had things like big wheelie cheese that can launch your bot out of stage, it was extremized to do so.
Now you have the same lifting power in much better armored, smaller package.
I'd say total control is the spiritual successor to razer.
The house robots are always stunning machines! Great builds 🥰
Thank you for uploading this. I used to love this show, and razor by far one of my fav bots to see in action.
I loved the battles when the house robots would get picked on by the favourites... Fun to watch and you knew the revenge was going to happen.
why has milly-ann bug got the 2nd ss panzer division emblem on the side ? 9:31
wtf indeed
The worst tank ever
Robot wars is criminally under rated
The commentary is just absolutely awesome. So much appreciation for all the carnage.
I like how the first 3 fights you could see the rivalry building between Razer and Matilda, the little nibble from Razer in the first fight, the retaliation from Matilda in the next fight, which then leads to the all out destruction of Matilda. Notice how she stayed as far away as possible after that battle?!
The teams would often handshake not to badly damage the other if they were immobilized.
Razer however, was a very aggressive robot and didn't like this chivalry one bit, unfortunately for the House Robots...
Crushing force of a powerful weapon
Great winged blades for swift recovery when flipped
Great sloped design for greater catching
Large ego befitting a killer, capable of taking on the house bosses
A great fighter, Razer 16:18
Razer even has a win pose and can bow. True showmanship.
Love it when they go up against the house bots.
Razer has to be my favorite.
The creators of some of those designs surely didn't understand destruction was the name of the game....
The fact razor 1v2’d house robots blows my mind
oh man i use to love watching this as a kid, razor was my favourite, thanks for this!
Forget football teams or favourite Pokémon, in the late 90's/early 00's you were either a Razer kid, a Chaos 2 kid or a Hypnodisc kid... And you could only pick 1.